Four dead in apparent Colorado murder-suicide. (UPDATED)

Date/Time: 12/18/2012 - 4:00 A.M.
Location: Longmont, Colorado
Victims: 3 killed
Suspect: Daniel Sanchez(31), Deceased

 The suspect

 Two of the victims

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By CBS News

"(CBS/AP) LONGMONT, Colo. - Authorities said the Colorado gunman accused of killing three people, including his ex-girlfriend, and then himself on Tuesday was released from jail on domestic violence charges just hours before the attack.
Weld County Sheriff John Cook said 31-year-old Daniel Sanchez was arrested Saturday on charges of domestic violence, kidnapping and false arrest for allegedly holding his ex-girlfriend, 25-year-old Beatriz Cintora-Silva, against her will after their relationship ended.
He was released on bail from the Boulder County jail at 10 p.m. Monday and drove to the home where Cintora-Silva had taken refuge with her sister and brother-in-law, Cook said.
"He shot out the back door," Cook said. "He shot that out then gained entry into the house."
The victims included the Cintora-Silva's sister, 22-year-old Maria Cintora-Silva, and the sister's husband, 32-year-old Max Ojeda. All were found dead in a home in unincorporated Weld County outside Longmont, about 35 miles north of Denver.
Authorities said Beatriz Cintora-Silva called 911 shortly after 4 a.m. to report shots fired. The 911 dispatcher heard her cry, "No, no, no," followed by a gunshot.
Sanchez took the phone, told the dispatcher he killed three people and that he was going to kill himself, authorities said. The dispatcher then heard a single shot followed by silence.
The bodies of Ojeda and his wife were found in one bedroom. His sister-in-law and Sanchez were found in another, Cook said.
Authorities found a .45-caliber Glock handgun near Sanchez's body and 16 spent shell casings around the house, Cook said. Investigators were still examining the house and might find more.
Cook said Sanchez had two magazines for the gun, and each held 13 rounds of ammunition."


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By USA TODAY

"LONGMONT, Colo. — A man shot three people before turning the gun on himself in this rural area northwest of Denver early Tuesday morning, investigators say.
A 911 operator received a call at about 4 a.m. from a woman who blurted out the address of a home in the 400-space LongView mobile home park, investigators say.
"The dispatcher heard 'No, no, no,' and then gunshots," said Sgt. Tim Schwartz with the Weld County Sheriff's Office. "A male party then picks up the phone and says he's going to kill himself. The dispatcher hears another gunshot."

Deputies raced to the trailer home where they found two men and two women dead inside.
The gunshots woke neighbor Manuel Nunez, 58, who ran into the living room to see what had happened. Nunez's home backs onto an open lot across the street from the cream-colored mobile home where the shooting happened.
"I heard pop, pop, pop," Nunez said. "I looked out the window but I didn't see nothing."

Schwartz said investigators are still seeking a motive and the identities of the four dead. He says more information about the incident would be released later Tuesday.
"It's heartbreaking," he said. "It's just tough all the way around."
According to deputies, three of the victims were adults. Their exact ages are unknown at this time.
A press briefing was planned for later Tuesday."

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